Author: Rick Klau

Calling Howard Dean “the indie rock star” of the Democratic race, Garance Franke-Ruta writes in The American Prospect that Howard Dean “makes you feel like you’ve been waiting your whole life for someone to say what he says.” The article analyzes each candidate’s performance: Kerry: “surprisingly unimpressive, almost listless” Sharpton: “a boon to the race, [despite]…

Good-Bye 3G – Hello Wi-Fi Frappuccino. One of the ( perhaps too often repeated) themes around here is always about how businesses should keep an eye out for disruptive technologies and be ready to embrace them before they take over a legacy business. Unfortunately, there are plenty of examples of companies failing to do this…

This is a significant win for Governor Dean’s campaign – as Silicon Valley’s Congresswoman, she is extremely influential on tech policy and should provide some needed weight in the effort to raise money among the Valley’s entrepreneurs. I look forward to seeing some policy declarations out of the Dean campaign on issues like privacy, Internet…

Words cannot describe how mind-bending this sounds. Just five weeks to go before Matrix Reloaded is released. If the dojo fight in The Matrix was a kung fu sonata, the Burly Brawl is a symphony. Neo tears the sign from the ground and wields it as a kendo sword, vaulting pole, and battering ram. A…

I’m thrilled that the regime in Baghdad is by all accounts through. While I still believe that the botched diplomacy that led to the war will create tremendous challenges for us in the years ahead, I think that the end result is a positive one for Iraq. That said, don’t you think we could have…

From Dan Gillmor comes this update on the plight of Mike Hawash. (For more information,& ;visit the Free Mike Hawash site.) Well, at least it’s now official information that the federal government is holding Maher (Mike) Hawash, an engineer who has worked for years at Intel, in an Oregon jail. Hawash, a U.S. citizen who…

I’ve added about a dozen articles to the Press Clippings page from April, and added a new video at C-Span of Governor Dean’s presentation to the New York State United Teachers Meeting last week to the Video Page. The speech is a variation on his standard stump speech, but tailored to an education audience. He…

got the Agonist to ‘fess up. I checked with him and yes, Daniel Forbes who got the Agonist to ‘fess up is the same reporter who outed the US government’s secret promotion of anti-drug TV plots for Salon a few years ago. Not sure how he does it, but I’m impressed. [Paul Boutin] What a…

AP just reported that former Virginia Lieutenant Governor Don Beyer is joining the campaign as treasurer: “What I liked most about Howard is his unpretentiousness and his plain-talking, heart-of-the-message style. He’s very bright and seems to be fearless,” Beyer said.Gee – first the former Oregon governor endorses Dean. Then a former Lieutenant Governor endorses Dean…

What Warfighters Can Teach Business Leaders. Literally from it’s earliest issue, Fast Company has looked to the best minds and most effective units in the military for lessons about strategy, tactics, and execution that can be applied to business. At a moment in which the attention of the world is focused on military conflict and…